OASDI Beneficiaries by State and County, 2018

Table 1. Beneficiaries as a percentage of the total resident population and of the population aged 65 or older, by state, December 2018
State Total population Population aged 65 or older
Number a Percentage receiving benefits Number a Percentage receiving benefits
United States 327,167,434 19.2 52,431,193 89.9
Alabama 4,887,871 23.4 826,894 92.2
Alaska 737,438 13.8 87,011 85.7
Arizona 7,171,646 18.8 1,258,250 83.4
Arkansas 3,013,825 23.1 511,827 91.6
California 39,557,045 15.1 5,669,025 82.6
Colorado 5,695,564 15.4 808,229 85.0
Connecticut 3,572,665 19.1 615,121 87.5
Delaware 967,171 22.0 181,086 90.4
District of Columbia 702,455 11.8 85,303 71.5
Florida 21,299,325 21.7 4,358,071 82.3
Georgia 10,519,475 17.4 1,460,409 89.0
Hawaii 1,420,491 19.1 260,967 85.3
Idaho 1,754,208 19.7 278,282 93.9
Illinois 12,741,080 17.6 1,992,961 86.0
Indiana 6,691,878 20.2 1,055,021 93.1
Iowa 3,156,145 20.5 539,830 93.4
Kansas 2,911,505 19.0 462,241 90.7
Kentucky 4,468,402 22.1 730,626 90.2
Louisiana 4,659,978 19.5 718,433 86.3
Maine 1,338,404 25.7 275,999 91.1
Maryland 6,042,718 16.6 931,136 82.7
Massachusetts 6,902,149 18.4 1,139,100 84.3
Michigan 9,995,915 22.1 1,716,604 92.8
Minnesota 5,611,179 18.4 889,802 90.9
Mississippi 2,986,530 22.4 474,475 93.0
Missouri 6,126,452 21.1 1,033,964 89.9
Montana 1,062,305 22.0 198,902 90.8
Nebraska 1,929,268 17.9 303,666 89.2
Nevada 3,034,392 17.7 476,181 86.2
New Hampshire 1,356,458 22.5 245,645 92.4
New Jersey 8,908,520 18.2 1,438,527 88.5
New Mexico 2,095,428 20.8 366,189 87.0
New York 19,542,209 18.6 3,213,534 85.8
North Carolina 10,383,620 20.2 1,689,265 90.7
North Dakota 760,077 17.6 116,637 90.7
Ohio 11,689,442 20.2 1,995,022 87.2
Oklahoma 3,943,079 20.0 619,553 91.0
Oregon 4,190,713 20.8 738,691 92.0
Pennsylvania 12,807,060 22.1 2,335,630 91.1
Rhode Island 1,057,315 21.3 182,254 91.3
South Carolina 5,084,127 22.5 899,915 92.1
South Dakota 882,235 20.3 146,854 96.6
Tennessee 6,770,010 21.5 1,109,697 92.3
Texas 28,701,845 14.7 3,602,320 86.9
Utah 3,161,105 12.9 350,478 88.4
Vermont 626,299 24.0 121,207 93.5
Virginia 8,517,685 18.0 1,315,401 87.7
Washington 7,535,591 17.9 1,164,232 89.6
West Virginia 1,805,832 26.3 359,878 90.7
Wisconsin 5,813,568 21.2 985,473 94.9
Wyoming 577,737 19.5 95,375 90.2
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; U.S. Postal Service geographic data; and Census Bureau, Population Division, 2018 estimates of resident population.
a. Population estimates for the United States as of July 1, 2018, as reported by the Census Bureau.
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